A - Good. Very active and copper, decent head retention in a Guiness perfect pint glass

S - Tons of pine resin - some Grapefruit and white pepper, grassy.

T - Metallic Grapefruit in flavor with a ton of Dry / Bitter pine in the finish. I keep getting a hint of metaliic taste with the hops but it's faint - goes away completely when the beer warms up. Sourish bitter grapefruit (not like a sour) dominates as it warms, finished very bitter and white peppery. Again, this one is very piney. This beer is MUCH better warmed up some than cold. This one is all about the pine and grass especially when cold...the citrus and grapefruit component does not make itself known until it warms.

M - Could use a wee bit more malt which is un-like me to say. Not much of a body to this beer. I like the mouthfeel of Hop Riot better than this one although I do like the Grapefruit in this one that Hop Riot is missing...

O - Solid beer, would be more than happy to have again but I won't be buying more with my dinero especially at $7.99. Not because I'm on a budget by any means but because there are so many other great readily available IPAs on the market at a better value. A 3.5 beer in taste cold - a 4.0 when it warms up. Noticeable difference.

Hazy yellow color with white head. Aroma is herbal and floral with some tea notes and crackery malts in the background. Taste starts with some nice tea notes, thyme and other aromatic herbs. Medium body with soft carbonation. Really nice, a well made IPA with well integrated aromatic herbs notes.

Pours an effervescent honey color with 3 fingers of cream colored head. Head settles in nicely a depth of one thumb, great head retention & lacing

S: Piney & citrus notes

T: Follows the nose, grapefruit & some pineapple also showing up front, some sweet grainy bread as well. Grapefruit & pineyness battle for supremacy as this warms, some pineapple, & faint apricot lurk in the background, along some husky grainy notes just a bit of honey malt sweetness. Finishes with pineyness, woody hops, & grapefruit & a bit of dryness

MF: Medium bodied, firm carbonation, pretty nice balance

Very drinkable IPA with no major drawbacks, worthy up purchase consideration

Bottle to becher pint glass, the appearance was a semi-murky orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head that swiftly slid off. Lacing was somewhat there but that slid super quick on into the beer.
The aroma had some tea leafy to floral qualities up front, then a delicate biscuit/breadiness coming in underneath. Light grassy to herbal character.
The flavor was moderately sweet pulling the tea and floral components in to play with the malt portions of the breadiness. Not much of an aftertaste, but somewhat tea-like and quaint.
The mouthfeel was almost medium bodied with a fair sessionable smooth feel about it. Carbonation did feel fine. ABV felt appropriate. Semi-smooth finish.
Overall, weird IPA to say the least, wish I found a date on this. Was this supposed to be an English style or an American style?

Bomber poured into a tulip glass. Beer pours a clear orange/copper color with a finger of soapy off white head. The head dissipated quickly, leaving a lot of sticky lacing, to a thin foamy collar and a patch of bubbles. A bit of fine carbonation at the edge of the glass.

Nose is sweet white grapes, light floral hops, and some light lemon notes. Quite a bit of biscuit and caramel like malts in this one. Aromas are very weak for a beer that was released two weeks ago.

Taking a sip, really different tasting IPA. Some light white grape sweetness and floral hops, then the malt backbone hits the tongue, biscuit, grains, and caramel. Near the back of the tongue, some massive bitterness shows up, herbal and grassy hops. Finish is very bitter, lingering grassy flavors on the tongue.

Light to medium body with a good amount of small prickly carbonation. Very grassy bitter beer though, and slightly unpleasant due to how the grassy hop flavor masks the lighter floral and fruity hop flavors. I like bitter IPA's, but not this grassy herbal flavor.

Had high hopes for this one since there was some Nelson Sauvin used in it, but it seems the balance of flavor and aromatic hops with the bittering hops was way off on this one.

Serving Type: 22 oz. bottle purchased from the cold box at City Beer in San Francisco.

Poured into a Spiegelau lager glass

A: Very nice copper color with a nice amount of carbonation. Lacing is apparent. This beer knows how to look good in glass!

S: Whoa! Big piney aromas jumping out of the glass. Very herbal character.

T: A ton of hop character. The hoppiness of this beer walks all over the malt profile. This is A-O-K with me. Lingering bitterness .

M: This beer is big. The bitterness creates a harsh mouthfeel, however, if hop character is what you like, the bitterness will satisfy.

O: This is a great IPA... Has west coast IPA quality, but it is unique. This beer goes all-piney and herbal on you. I can't find the traditional citrus that has become synonymous with the west coast IPA.

T/M-Very dry, with a tannic hop dryness that spreads over the palate. The lemon verbena and Belgian yeast add so much to what would already be an accomplished IPA, without distracting from the dry, bitter hoppiness. There's a wave of earthy, bready maltiness to cut the intensity of the bittering hops just before it thins out to the finish. Touch of black pepper on the back end.

O-Beautiful stuff. I hope High Water makes this part of its regular line-up.

Pours a fairly clear golden orange color with a finger of white head. Initially a solid aroma of grapefruit and floral hops. Becomes sort of grassy at it sits, though. Similar story on the palate. Up front, a good grapefruit, pine, and floral hop bite, but dies down to just sort of grassy and a citric acidity. Medium body and carbonation.

T- Incredible. Pineapple, mango, oranges, banana, pepper, followed by a very long increasingly if pleasantly bitter finish. Unbelievably good every time I've tried it. Both on draft and in the bottle this is exceptional.

M- Very high carbonation fits perfectly with the complexity of flavors and in fact helps them develop.

O- I haven't been overly impressed by either IPA I have tried from this brewer prior to this. They are both solid offerings, but this is in a different league. Job well done.

T/M - The front of the taste yeilds the slightly sweet caramel malts at first, then really opens up to the mango and pineapple hop profile. No lingering hop resin in the aftertaste tho. Medium mouthfeel and a rather pleasant under carbonated mouthfeel.

O - I was very plesantly surprised by this beer. Really good flavor profile, very easy to drink and reasonably priced. I would more than likely buy this beer again.